School-Based Health

GFHS is pleased to announce its collaboration with The School Health Alliance of Forsyth County (SHA) this year. SHA and GFHS have joined forces to integrate SHA’s clinical services and GFHS’ FQHC operations.

SHA, established in 1999, operates school-based health centers and programs providing medical and behavioral health services to school aged children and adolescents in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County (W-S/FC) School District. School-based health centers provide services to students, regardless of their ability to pay. School based health centers are similar to a doctor’s office, but are located in schools. Services include comprehensive well-child and adolescent exams, immunizations, diagnosis and treatment of illness or injury, management of chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes, mental health assessment and treatment, health education, nutrition education and health promotion/disease prevent programs.

The SHA Mission is to improve the ability of students to learn by improving the health and safety of Forsyth county’s school-age children and adolescents and by coordinating and targeting the efforts and resources of all types of community health care providers.

WSPA Mental Health Consultation Clinic,1215 Cameron Ave., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Providing psychiatric consultation and care planning for any child or adolescent enrolled in the WS/FCS who is referred by school personnel or primary care providers;

School based Social Work Program, providing mental health assessment and treatment services on site at participating schools in the WS/FCS system

Mobile Medical Unit, serving students at participating WS/FCS schools, providing full medical and mental health screening and referrals with the goal of connecting/reconnecting youth to their primary medical and mental health homes.

For more information about School Health Alliance for Forsyth County, contact: